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September 20, 2010 Approved with corrections /next minutes
TOWN OF EAGLE POINT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
EAGLE POINT TOWN HALL
The Eagle Point Town Board meeting was called to order on Monday
September 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. by Chairman Michael Sedlacek.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek Present
Bonnie Ferstenou Present
Steve Meinen Present
Ruth Knapp Present
Karen Knorn Absent
A motion was made by Bonnie to approve previous minutes seconded by
Steve.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek Yes
Bonnie Ferstenou Yes
Steve Meinen Yes
Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Money Market: $215,423.15
Investment Pool: $ 3,815.62
Tax Account: $ 2,250.88
(Money Market acct. includes $151,425.00 of the Energy Grant)
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Bev Chartier felt very blindsided by the editorial in the paper the
night before the election, with nobody else being able to input or
give their side to it. (Dennis Ferstenou put ad in paper on Saturday
before election giving their opinion)
Mrs. Denning was very dissatisfied with Waste Management, Bonnie told
her a meeting is scheduled to talk about the prices, etc. on Wed.
Sept. 22 with the Recycling / Garbage Committee.
TOWN BUSINESS: Terry Krummenauer / Larson’s Landing: Snowplowing:
Terry asked if they could use the services of the town workers for
snow plowing seeing as they pay taxes. Chairman Sedlacek said there
may be some problems; it will be tabled until the October meeting so
the board members can look at area involved.
Open Furnace Bids: Gene’s Heating and Cooling: $8,646.00
Holland’s heating: $9,200.00
A motion was made by the Chairman to go with the lowest bidder subject
to review, seconded by Bonnie.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek--Yes, Bonnie Ferstenou--Yes, Steve
Meinen --Yes
Motion carried.
Board’s decision on Referendum results and plans:
Chairman Sedlacek stated the Referendum vote was 312—306, 6 votes
difference. If we didn’t borrow the money the projects could be done
through budgeting through the years. This was brought up at
informational meetings, if it was possible to do this and Mike said
yes it could be.
Bonnie stated her position on the project, First I have worked with
elderly and disabled people for 20 years I have a good understanding
of the need for the building to be handicapped accessible. When people
come to meetings and to vote they have the right to have a handicap
accessible restroom to use. And second if we do the project piece meal
it would be difficult to add a lift at a later date, we need to take
the ramp out to accommodate the bathroom and if that isn’t done we
would have to move over for the bathrooms and there would be no room
for the lift. Third it makes good sense to co-ordinate the project
with the Energy Grant and take advantage of excellent bidding climate
and low interest rates, finally based on the referendum results, I
make a motion to approve the Town Hall remodeling project at a cost
not to exceed $ 318,000.00. Steve stated people want to maintain this
building, grant money was awarded and although the vote was not
overwhelming we have followed the consensus of the people in favor of
the referendum. If we do it piece meal it’s going to cost a lot more
than the total project. The people want to keep this hall and we
believe now is the time to remodel, we had the referendum and it
passed, it’s time to move on. With that I am going to second the
motion.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek No
Bonnie Ferstenou Yes
Steve Meinen Yes
Motion carried.
Bonnie Stated we need to have a meeting between now and the Oct. Town
Board meeting for decision and final plans. The Chairman set a meeting
for September 28 at 4:30 P.M. Bonnie also requested for all future
meetings that Karen e-mail the agenda to her and Steve in case changes
need to be made, they don’t receive in the mail until Friday.
Don Dachel after hearing the reasons the 2 Supervisors voted yes, he
asked why the Chairman voted No
Mike said he felt the work could get done through the budget and 5
years ago he promised voters that he wouldn’t raise their taxes and
now because of the Supervisors vote taxes will go up.
Rick Petska / Fishing Pier on Cornell lake Rick asked the board for
permission to build a handicap fishing pier, Mike said if we give
permission we would have to change the outhouse, Steve said we would
have to check on the town’s liability he will check into it and get
back to Rick or Joe.
Speed Study on 90th Ave.: 6—8 cars were seen over a 4 hour period, the
study was submitted thru the state they said we could set a speed
limit on the whole subdivision 25 or 30 miles per hour. It will cost
the town $1500.00 for the study; Steve questioned the price of new
signs so Mike appointed Steve to find out the cost to make the change
and how many we would need. This was tabled until Oct. meeting.
Discuss 150th Ave. Blacktop: Mike said county – 20 foot wide road 10
feet on each side, 10 foot mark 2 inches of blacktop, OK as long as we
maintain 2 inches of blacktop. Jeff Bowe said 20 feet 3 inches he
thinks they were lax in workmanship, extra inches are wasted money.
LICENSES: A motion was made by Steve to approve licenses for Kelly
Schoen, Norman Schneider, Ginger Jensen, Ryan Swan and Jennifer
Bischoff seconded by Mike.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek Yes
Bonnie Ferstenou Yes
Steve Meinen Yes
Motion carried.
REPORT FROM CLERK: After several phone calls to Xcel Energy the clerk
was able to get a refund check for $750.00 for electrical wires down
that caused a fire.
APPROVAL OF BILLS FOR PAYMENT: $243,500.97
A motion was made by Steve to adjourn meeting seconded by Mike.
ROLL CALL: Michael Sedlacek Yes
Bonnie Ferstenou Yes
Steve Meinen Yes
Motion carried meeting adjourned at 7:58 P.M.
Minutes were taken by Ruth Knapp / Treasurer in absence of Clerk Karen
Knorn
Submitted by;
Karen Knorn / Town Clerk
File:
Michael Sedlacek
Bonnie Ferstenou
Steve Meinen